Google Remote-Detonates Pair of Ne'er-Do-Well Android Apps

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Google announced Thursday that it has remotely deleted two Android applications from users' phones, reasoning that the "practically useless" apps had "intentionally misrepresented their purpose." The Internet search giant pointed to this action as one of many security controls Android posses to protect users. The announcement came shortly after the release of a study earlier in the week that claimed a large number of Google apps present security issues. The apps Google removed contravened the Android Market's terms of service, ac
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